[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #55452] fopen() does not support encoding argument

[Andrew Janke]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55452>

                 Summary: fopen() does not support encoding argument
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: apjanke
            Submitted on: Sat 12 Jan 2019 02:29:42 AM UTC
                Category: Octave Function
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Matlab Compatibility
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: dev
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Matlab's fopen() supports a fourth input and output argument, encoding, that
specifies the encoding the file is in.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fopen.html


fileID = fopen(filename,permission,machinefmt,encodingIn)
...
[filename,permission,machinefmt,encodingOut] = fopen(fileID)


It would be nice if Octave supported this. That would allow you to read in or
write out files that are not in your locale's native encoding. That would be
useful, e.g., when doing international data analysis projects, or if you have
data files in mixed encodings for some other reason.




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